Effects of Intermittent Dynamic Compression (Game ready) on Treatment of Musculo-Skeletal Injuries: About 12 Basketball Professionals

Introduction: For the last decades, limbs external pneu- matic compression technics associated with cryotherapy have become more and more popular among the sportive universe in order to achieve muscular recovery faster. The Game Ready device commercialized in Europe and the United States has often been used in sportives musculoskeletal lesions treatment. Nowadays its contributivity in post surgical care mostly after anthroplasty and arthroscopy is no more to be demonstrated. Patients and Methods: It is a preliminary prospective study focused on the 7th August, to 8th September 2017 lapse of time. The cohort being compound of 12 professional basketball players with an average age of 29.58 (24-37 years old). We had two Game Ready devices in possession mainly dedicated to the lower limb. The therapeutic protocol did vary according to the type of lesion. The pain and the swelling were the two main evaluative criteria. Results: The knee was the most affected (11 players) followed by the ankle and foot (3 players). Among the lesions treated, the ankle sprain, the patellar chondropathy, and the patellar tendinitis were by far the more frequent. All patients have been treated with the Game Ready following a specific protocol associated with other therapeutic methods. The average visual analog scale score after cryotherapy was of 3/10 and the satisfaction index of the players was generally good. NSAID taking was reduced (8.33 %). Most of the players (eight) maintained their physical activity without losing on performance. Complete sportive activity cessation had only been registered for one player. Conclusion: This study leads us to new reflexion fields regarding the Game Ready utility which can now be extended to post-surgical care. It also leads to a noticeable decrease in anti-inflammatory taking. Nonetheless, these outcomes must be read as preliminary. Other studies on a wider sample shall let us clearly appreciate its benefice on muscular healing. (Authors)